Bug 40149 – Avoid except Exception without context in App Center functions

Bug 40149 - Avoid except Exception without context in App Center functions


Summary:	Avoid except Exception without context in App Center functions

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	App Center
Version:	UCS 4.2
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P5 normal (vote)
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Assigned To:	App Center maintainers
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Reported:	2015-12-01 13:59 CET by Dirk Wiesenthal
Modified:	2020-07-03 20:54 CEST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

See Also:	41043
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Description Dirk Wiesenthal

2015-12-01 13:59:37 CET

try:
  ...
exceot Exception as e:
  debug(str(e))

may not help depending on the error message. We should print the whole traceback.

This is a problem in the old App Center code (non-docker)

Comment 1 Florian Best

2016-04-13 09:06:32 CEST

Bug #41043 demonstrates very nicely that one never should catch every exception.

Comment 2 Ingo Steuwer

2020-07-03 20:54:07 CEST

This issue has been filed against UCS 4.2.

UCS 4.2 is out of maintenance and many UCS components have changed in later releases. Thus, this issue is now being closed.

If this issue still occurs in newer UCS versions, please use "Clone this bug" or reopen it and update the UCS version. In this case please provide detailed information on how this issue is affecting you.